Germinal

Roger Pearson, Émile Zola

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Penguin
29 March 2004

New translation by Roger Pearson of the novel considered to be Zola's masterpiece

Considered by Andre Gide to be one of the ten greatest novels in the French language, Germinal is a brutal depiction of the poverty and wretchedness of a mining community in northern France under the second empire.

At the centre of the novel is Etienne Lantier, a handsome 21 year-old mechanic, intelligent but with little education and a dangerous predisposition to murderous, alcoholic rage.

Germinal tells the parallel story of Etienne's refusal to accept what he appears destined to become, and of the miners' difficult decision to strike in order to fight for a better standard of life.

By: Émile Zola
Translated by: Roger Pearson
Imprint: Penguin
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 130mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 409g
ISBN: 9780140447422
ISBN 10: 0140447423
Pages: 592
Publication Date: 29 March 2004
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Emile Zola (1840-1902) was the leading figure in the French school of naturalistic fiction. His principal work, Les Rougon-Macquart, is a panorama of mid-19th century French life, in a cycle of 20 novels which Zola wrote over a period of 22 years. Roger Pearson is professor of French at the University of Oxford. He is the author of critical works on Voltaire, Stendhal and Mallarme and has translated Voltaire, Zola and Maupassant.

Reviews for Germinal

[<i>Germinal</i>] made me realize that when books are considered classics, most of the time they re actually very readable and exciting. <b>Daniel Radcliffe</b>